Proverbs 3:1-9

1 son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
2 for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
4 so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
5 Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
6 In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
8 Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
9 Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:

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Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Alex. + 'and write them on the table of thine heart.'
  • [b]. See Rom 12. 17.
  • [c]. Gr. divide. See 2 Tim 2. 13.

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